pg_shard 1.1, an open source extension for scaling out PostgreSQL across a cluster of commodity servers, has been released by Citus Data. pg_shard can support a database with hundreds of billions of events while creating a highly available database cluster.
Changes in this release include: * Improved performace - INSERT commands run up to four times faster * Shard repair - Easily bring inactive placements back up to speed * Copy script - Quickly import data from CSV and other files from the command line * CitusDB integration - Expose pg_shard's metadata for CitusDB's use * Resource improvements - Execute larger queries than ever before For more information about recent changes, you can view <https://github.com/citusdata/pg_shard/issues?q=is:closed+sort:updated-desc+ -label:invalid++milestone:v1.1> all the issues closed during this release cycle on GitHub. Further information on cstore_fdw can be found on the Citus Data website at https://www.citusdata.com/citus-products/pg-shard. pg_shard can be downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/citusdata/pg_shard. If you have questions about pg_shard, please contact Citus Data using the pg_shard Google group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pg_shard-users. -- Terry Erisman https://www.citusdata.com =
